My workmen are lazy and mill about for ages before taking sheet metal to the workshop. That sounds more like a bug than as a strategy consideration. Has it been reported to http://bugs.introversion.co.uk yet? Not that I don't split work blocks, but for different reasons. They can help in the kitche...

There's several big sources of contraband. In cases where it's metal, you place a metal detector and walk away knowing it's not getting out (unless your guards react too slowly... but that's another matter) Some other sources, notably intake and visitation, are not so easily detected. For such cases...

Well... the prisoners have forks. Knifes if they can get into the kitchen. Riot guards are supposed to have knife-proof vests. They'll still get mobbed, of course, but weapons should not be that big a factor. Regarding the mobbing... The only things I can think of is calling in the army (not necessa...

3. It'll follow another good example set by Dwarf Fortress. Prison Architect is not Dwarf Fortress. Copying features from anther game just because said other game is good is not creative nor innovative, and is no guarantee that the features under discussion would be worthwhile. As I see it, right n...

I really think z-levels could add a lot of depth to this game. I think I have found a sigquote. And another vote for z-levels, for three reasons: 1. All real prisons I've seen footage of are multi-storied 2. It'll allow more compact effective hi-sec construction patterns. Nothing like a tower to lo...